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Exodus 32:10
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Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation."
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
And now leave me alone so that my anger may blaze against them, and let me destroy them, and I will make you into a great nation."
So now do not stop me. I am so angry with them that I am going to destroy them. Then I will make you and your descendants a great nation."
So now, leave me alone so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation."
"Now therefore, let Me alone and do not interfere, so that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you (your descendants) a great nation."
"So now leave Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation."
Nowe therefore let mee alone, that my wrath may waxe hote against them, for I wil consume the: but I wil make of thee a mighty people.
Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may consume them; and I will make you a great nation."
and I'm angry enough to destroy them, so don't try to stop me. But I will make your descendants into a great nation.
Now leave me alone, so that my anger can blaze against them, and I can put an end to them! I will make a great nation out of you instead."
And now let me alone, that my anger may burn against them, and I may consume them; and I will make of thee a great nation.
So now let me destroy them in anger. Then I will make a great nation from you."
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I may make a great nation of you."
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may be kindled against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation.
Now leave me alone, so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
And now leave Me alone that My anger may glow against them, that I may consume them. And I will make you a great nation.
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now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Now do not get in my way, for my wrath is burning against them; I will send destruction on them, but of you I will make a great nation.
And nowe suffer me, that my wrath may waxe whot against them, and consume them: and I wyll make of thee a mightie people.
Now therefore let Me alone, that My wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of thee a great nation.'
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may waxe hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
And now let me alone, and I will be very angry with them and consume them, and I will make thee a great nation.
now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation."
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and now, let Me alone, and My anger doth burn against them, and I consume them, and I make thee become a great nation.'
now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of you a great nation.
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation."
Now therefore, let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them. And I will make of you a great nation."
Now leave me alone so my fierce anger can blaze against them, and I will destroy them. Then I will make you, Moses, into a great nation."
Now let Me alone, so My anger may be against them and I may destroy them. But I will make you into a great nation."
Now let me alone, so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them; and of you I will make a great nation."
Now, therefore, let me alone, that mine anger may kindle upon them and that I may consume them, and may make of thee
Let me alone, that my wrath may be kindled against them, and that I may destroy them, and I will make of thee a great nation.
now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them; but of you I will make a great nation."
"Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
let me alone: Genesis 18:32, Genesis 18:33, Genesis 32:26-28, Numbers 14:19, Numbers 14:20, Numbers 16:22, Numbers 16:45-48, Deuteronomy 9:14, Deuteronomy 9:19, Jeremiah 14:11, Jeremiah 15:1, James 5:16
my wrath: Exodus 32:11, Exodus 32:19, Exodus 22:24
and I will: Numbers 14:12, Deuteronomy 9:14, Deuteronomy 9:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 12:2 - General Genesis 19:22 - for Exodus 32:32 - blot me Exodus 33:3 - for I Numbers 11:2 - prayed Numbers 12:13 - General Numbers 16:21 - that I may Deuteronomy 9:13 - I have Deuteronomy 9:18 - I fell down Judges 2:20 - the anger Ezra 9:14 - wouldest not thou Psalms 106:23 - he said Proverbs 29:8 - wise Song of Solomon 6:5 - away Jeremiah 7:16 - pray Jeremiah 11:14 - pray Ezekiel 20:13 - I said Ezekiel 22:30 - make Hosea 11:9 - not execute Habakkuk 3:2 - in wrath Luke 13:7 - cut John 7:18 - seeketh his glory Acts 13:46 - seeing Romans 10:1 - my heart's 1 John 5:16 - he shall ask
Cross-References
Abraham spoke again: "Please forgive my boldness in continuing to speak to you, Lord. I am only a man and have no right to say anything.
Remember, I will be with you and protect you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done all that I have promised you."
In this way Jacob became very wealthy. He had many flocks, slaves, camels, and donkeys.
I own cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and slaves. I am sending you word, sir, in the hope of gaining your favor."
When the messengers came back to Jacob, they said, "We went to your brother Esau, and he is already on his way to meet you. He has four hundred men with him."
Jacob was frightened and worried. He divided into two groups the people who were with him, and also his sheep, goats, cattle, and camels.
He thought, "If Esau comes and attacks the first group, the other may be able to escape."
Then Jacob prayed, "God of my grandfather Abraham and God of my father Isaac, hear me! You told me, Lord , to go back to my land and to my relatives, and you would make everything go well for me.
I am not worth all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown me, your servant. I crossed the Jordan with nothing but a walking stick, and now I have come back with these two groups.
Save me, I pray, from my brother Esau. I am afraid—afraid that he is coming to attack us and destroy us all, even the women and children.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now, therefore, let me alone,.... And not solicit him with prayers and supplications in favour of these people, but leave him to take his own way with them, without troubling him with any suit on their behalf; and so the Targum of Jonathan,
"and now leave off thy prayer, and do not cry for them before me;''
as the Prophet Jeremiah was often bid not to pray for this people in his time, which was a token of God's great displeasure with them, as well as shows the prevalence of prayer with him; that he knows not how, as it were, humanly speaking, to deny the requests of his children; and even though made not on their own account, but on the account of a sinful and disobedient people:
that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: which suggests that they were deserving of the wrath of God to the uttermost, and to be destroyed from off the face of the earth, and even to be punished with an everlasting destruction:
and I will make of thee a great nation; increase his family to such a degree, as to make them as great a nation or greater than the people of Israel were, see Deuteronomy 9:14 or the meaning is, he would set him over a great nation, make him king over a people as large or larger than they, which is a sense mentioned by Fagius and Vatablus; and, indeed, as Bishop Patrick observes, if this people had been destroyed, there would have been no danger of the promise not being made good, which was made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, concerning the multiplication of their seed, urged by Moses, Exodus 32:13 seeing that would have stood firm, if a large nation was made out of the family of Moses, who descended from them: this was a very great temptation to Moses, and had he been a selfish man, and sought the advancement of his own family, and careless of, and indifferent to the people of Israel, he would have accepted of it; it is a noble testimony in his favour, and proves him not to be the designing man he is represented by the deists.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The faithfulness of Moses in the office that had been entrusted to him was now to be put to the test. It was to be made manifest whether he loved his own glory better than he loved the brethren who were under his charge; whether he would prefer that he should himself become the founder of a âgreat nation,â or that the Lordâs promise should be fulfilled in the whole people of Israel. This may have been especially needful for Moses, in consequence of his natural disposition. See Numbers 12:3; and compare Exodus 3:11. With this trial of Moses repeated in a very similar manner Numbers 14:11-23, may be compared the trial of Abraham Genesis 22:0 and of our Saviour Matthew 4:8-10.
Exodus 32:8
These be thy gods ... have brought - This is thy god, O Israel, who has brought ...
Exodus 32:10
Let me alone - But Moses did not let the Lord alone; he wrestled, as Jacob had done, until, like Jacob, he obtained the blessing Genesis 32:24-29.
Exodus 32:14
This states a fact which was not revealed to Moses until after his second intercession when he had come down from the mountain and witnessed the sin of the people Exodus 32:30-34. He was then assured that the Lordâs love to His ancient people would prevail God is said, in the language of Scripture, to ârepent,â when His forgiving love is seen by man to blot out the letter of His judgments against sin (2 Samuel 24:16; Joel 2:13; Jonah 3:10, etc.); or when the sin of man seems to human sight to have disappointed the purposes of grace (Gen 6:6; 1 Samuel 15:35, etc.). The awakened conscience is said to ârepent,â when, having felt its sin, it feels also the divine forgiveness: it is at this crisis that God, according to the language of Scripture, repents toward the sinner. Thus, the repentance of God made known in and through the One true Mediator reciprocates the repentance of the returning sinner, and reveals to him atonement.
Exodus 32:17-18
Moses does not tell Joshua of the divine communication that had been made to him respecting the apostasy of the people, but only corrects his impression by calling his attention to the kind of noise which they are making.
Exodus 32:19
Though Moses had been prepared by the revelation on the Mount, his righteous indignation was stirred up beyond control when the abomination was before his eyes.
Exodus 32:20
See Deuteronomy 9:21. What is related in this verse must have occupied some time and may have followed the rebuke of Aaron. The act was symbolic, of course. The idol was brought to nothing and the people were made to swallow their own sin (compare Micah 7:13-14).
Exodus 32:22
Aaronâs reference to the character of the people, and his manner of stating what he had done Exo. 5:24, are very characteristic of the deprecating language of a weak mind.
Exodus 32:23
Make us gods - Make us a god.
Exodus 32:25
Naked - Rather unruly, or âlicentiousâ.
Shame among their enemies - Compare Psalms 44:13; Psalms 79:4; Deuteronomy 28:37.
Exodus 32:26-29
The tribe of Levi, Mosesâ own tribe, now distinguished itself by immediately returning to its allegiance and obeying the call to fight on the side of Yahweh. We need not doubt that the 3,000 who were slain were those who persisted in resisting Moses. The spirit of the narrative forbids us to conceive that the act of the Levites was anything like an indiscriminate massacre. An amnesty had first been offered to all by the words: âWho is on the Lordâs side?â Those who were forward to draw the sword were directed not to spare their closest relations or friends; but this must plainly have been with an understood qualification as regards the conduct of those who were to be slain. Had it not been so, they who were on the Lordâs side would have had to destroy each other. We need not stumble at the bold, simple way in which the statement is made.
Exodus 32:29
Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord ... - The margin contains the literal rendering. Our version gives the most probable meaning of the Hebrew, and is supported by the best authority. The Levites were to prove themselves in a special way the servants of Yahweh, in anticipation of their formal consecration as ministers of the sanctuary (compare Deuteronomy 10:8), by manifesting a self-sacrificing zeal in carrying out the divine command, even upon their nearest relatives.
Exodus 32:31
Returned unto the Lord - i. e. again he ascended the mountain.
Gods of gold - a god of gold.
Exodus 32:32
For a similar form of expression, in which the conclusion is left to be supplied by the mind of the reader, see Daniel 3:15; Luke 13:9; Luke 19:42; John 6:62; Romans 9:22. For the same thought, see Romans 9:3. It is for such as Moses and Paul to realize, and to dare to utter, their readiness to be wholly sacrificed for the sake of those whom God has entrusted to their love. This expresses the perfected idea of the whole burnt-offering.
Thy book - The figure is taken from the enrolment of the names of citizens. This is its first occurrence in the Scriptures. See the marginal references. and Isaiah 4:3; Daniel 12:1; Luke 10:20; Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:5, etc.
Exodus 32:33, Exodus 32:34
Each offender was to suffer for his own sin. Compare Exodus 20:5; Ezekiel 18:4, Ezekiel 18:20. Moses was not to be taken at his word. He was to fulfill his appointed mission of leading on the people toward the land of promise.
Exodus 32:34
Mine Angel shall go before thee - See the marginal references and Genesis 12:7.
In the day when I visit ... - Compare Numbers 14:22-24. But though the Lord chastized the individuals, He did not take His blessing from the nation.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 32:10. Now therefore let me alone — Moses had already begun to plead with God in the behalf of this rebellious and ungrateful people; and so powerful was his intercession that even the Omnipotent represents himself as incapable of doing any thing in the way of judgment, unless his creature desisted from praying for mercy! See an instance of the prevalence of fervent intercession in the case of Abraham, Genesis 18:23-33, from the model of which the intercession of Moses seems to have been formed.
